Defend the Coast; The Dogwood Initiative

As corporations continue to extract resources out of the earth at an ever increasing pace, we see an equally alarming trend of disregarding environmental risk in the name of profit. 

At LibertyCoast we believe in action and personal effort. We believe that the time has long come for us to hit the trenches and begin the process of claiming back the earth for its peoples and inhabitants of all type and form.

The team at the Coast was excited when we found The Dogwood Initiative and their notankers.ca website. These guys are making it too easy to fight for our precious ecosystems here in the ridiculous bounty of British Columbia. We highly suggest that you check it out, sign the petition and help spread the word. Letting these tankers sully our pristine waters would be one of the greatest tragedies in the natural history of this continent.

Expect to see LibertyCoast bringing more information about the Dogwood Initiative to you. We have a lot on the agenda right now with the March on Monsanto tomorrow, Saturday May 25th, but we will be contacting them and doing some interviews and attending rallies and events in the near future.

Monsanto Continues to Destroy the Coast

The March Against Monsanto, happening tomorrow worldwide, could not have come at a more fitting time. British Columbia has been under siege from biotech juggernaut Monsanto Corporation for quite some time - the manufacturing of its patented glyphosate-resistant canola seed in the award winning production facility in Cranbrook, BC has been steady for years. 

Despite the biotech industry's efforts to dampen the public's fears of genetically engineered crops, countless studies have surfaced over the years that validate consumer concerns over the health risks associated with eating GE food.  What's more, the global farming industry has been ravaged and polluted by the conglomerate's monopoly over the seed maket.  Take into consideration the thousands of farmers in India who have committed suicide over the past decade due to Monsanto's false promises of quality crops and increased yields.  Now, farmer's in British Columbia - a province that cares deeply about organic food production - must decide whether we should continue to let GM products infiltrate our beautiful landscapes or whether we will stand up to this diabolical corporation and shout "enough!!".

Just the other day, the waterfront parkway in White Rock, BC made headlines when Green Party candidate Don Pitcairn noticed that the lawns surrounding the railroad tracks were nuked by Monsanto's top-selling herbicide, Roundup.  This is the same herbicide that crops are being genetically engineered to withstand - are we foolish enough to believe that crops with manipulated DNA that are laced with poison (Roundup) will have no effect on our health and the food supply of future generations?  It's time we address Monsanto's operations in British Columbia head-on.  With cross-contamination of non-GMO and GMO crops already evidenced, and new GMO products and corporations sprouting up everywhere, time is running out before aour delicate ecosystems are maimed and destroyed by the hubris of big agra's corporate elite.

Salmon Farms: Government Chooses Greed Over Truth

Government is often faced with choices. Choices that determine the future of our lives, our children lives and, at times, the future of an entire ecosystem. We have elected these "representatives" so you would think they might choose the path that benefits us, the people. It would be at this time that someone might inform you that we live in a corporatocracy. Greed is the driving force behind our "officials'" decisions. These spineless men and women lack any sort of moral compass or courage. They won't stand up to their corporate masters. The game is rigged now and they are just PR props convincing us to play along and get caught in the false left-right paradigm.

I am ranting because I am beyond tired of the lies and corruption! Those words don't even hold any weight anymore. They ring like liberty bells in empty chambers where there is no one listening. Everyone is in the other room listening to pop music, sports and news casters and political bobble heads. My generation has been lied to since birth. As I have grown up and become a man that lying has only intensified. The lies have gotten bigger, bolder and more ingrained into the mass psyche. 

Salmon Confidential is a documentary that lifts the veil to expose how the Canadian government is covering up the cause behind BC’s rapidly dwindling wild salmon population. A summary of the film reads: “When biologist Alexandra Morton discovers BC’s wild salmon are testing positive for dangerous European salmon viruses associated with salmon farming worldwide, a chain of events is set off by government to suppress the findings.

Tracking viruses, Morton moves from courtrooms, into British Columbia’s most remote rivers, Vancouver grocery stores and sushi restaurants. The film documents Morton’s journey as she attempts to overcome government and industry roadblocks thrown in her path and works to bring critical information to the public in time to save BC’s wild salmon.”

Get informed and find out the real story. Our politicians are relying on your ignorance. 

Common Ground wrote an amazingly informative piece on the documentary Salmon Confidential.

90% Chance Of Oil Spill

A new report from Simon Fraser University claims there is at least a 90 percent probability of an oil tanker spill if the Enbridge plan for the Northern Gateway pipeline goes ahead.  Read full article here.